Typographical machine



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Patented Feb. 21, 1928'.

* unrrsn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. SEELEHPLY, 0 F W'OODHAVEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 INTERTYPE CORPORA- TION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed July 9, 1927. I Serial 'No. 204,573.

The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machines of the classemploying magazines to contain matrices which are selectively delivered therefrom and assembled for the casting of a type'bar therefrom, after which the matrices are returned to the respective magazines and stored therein-ready for further use; and the invention relates more particularly to machines of the type employing a main magazine or magazines together with devices for controlling the delivery of matrices therefrom and an auxiliary or side magazine or magazines to contain an additional font: or fonts of matrices together with devices for controlling the delivery of such matrices therefrom, a machine of this general type being shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,321,74' l, granted on November 11, 1919, to T. S. Homans.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved mounting for the side magazine or magazines whereby the operation of removing one magazine or the matrix-containing portion thereof and substituting another therefor may be accomplished with greater speed and facility, especially when a plurality of superposec side magazines are employed, the present invention enabling the lower side magazine or the matrix-containing portion thereof, which is relatively inaccessible beneath the upper side magazine, to be readily inserted and re-. moved. 7

To these and other ends the invention con sists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specilication.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a graphical machine embodying mainand 2 magazines, the side magazines being mounted in accordance with "the present invention, the main an'dside magazines in this figure being shown in their normal operating positions;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1 as viewed from the rightthereof;

Figure 3 represents a "transverse section taken on the line 33 of Figure '2 and looking i n the directioniof the arrows, the lower side magazine section. being shown in this figure in and Figure 4 is a view .similar'to Figure 3, but showing the lower side magazinese'ction elevated and partially removed.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

In the embodiment of the invention herein shown, 10 designates the main frame of the machine, which may be generally similar to that'shown. in the patent hereinbefore referred to and may contain the various elements of the machine as there shown or reits normal or operative position;

ferred to. The main frame supports a main magaz1ne support1ng frame 11, this frame yoke carries a pair of laterally spaced frame members 16 which are bolted or otherwise secured to the inner sides of the yoke 14, as

indicated at 1-7. These frame members serve to support the side magazines, for which purpose they are provided with upper and lower rails 18 which occupy downwardly and forwardly inclined positions, one above the other, and these rails are provided near their lower forward ends with cross-bars or shoulders :19 which serve to position and support the side magazines, or the upper sections thereof.

In the present instance, 2 side magazines areshown in superposed relation, and each side magazine is composed of a lower section which normally contains a supply of matrices ready for delivery therefrom and an upper section which Serves to guide or direct the matrices from the distribut-er to the lower section while the matrices are being returned to thelatter. As shown, the upper magazine comprises an upper section A which is arranged to receive the returning matrices from the distributor D, andalower section B which receives the matrices from the upper section A and delivers the matrices to the matriX-assembling means under control of the usual keyboard controlled escapement actuating means E. The lower side magazine comprises a similar upper section A and lower section B. The upper sections A and A are provided on their under sides with cross-hairs 20 and 21 near v- 111/] inivnv nndzr 111mm forward side of the rail 27 is adapted to rest, the shoulder thus preventing the magazine section B from sliding forwardlyout 01 its normal 0pei-ntivs p0sit1011, a11d the the bar 34 will rise or fall, depending upon the direction in which the bar 34 is shifted. Normally, the bar 34 underlies and is spaced slightly below the bottom or under surface of the magazine section B, as is shown in Figure 3, the forward end of the magazine section B being then supported by the engagement of the bar or rail 28 with the upper surface of the bar 31. Reciprocation of the bar 34 toward the left in Figure 3 will cause the links to swing in a direction which will elevate the bar 34, thus bringing 'it int'o contact with the under side of the magazine section B and, as the movement of the bar 34 continues, it will lift the forward end of this magazine unit to a height sufiicientto enable the end of the bar or rail 28 to ride over the lug or projection 35 fixed on the rail 31, and as the bar 34 moves toward the left in Fig. 3, it will carry the magazine section Bwit-h it into the position shown in Figure 4, and after this magazine section has been thus partially removed from operative position, it may be grasped by the hand and its complete removal may be thus accomplished;

The end of the bar 34 which is'eX-posedoutside of the adjacent frame member. 16 may be provided with a handle '37 by meansof which it may be manipulated manually, and

the bar 34 is preferably provided-with a lug been lifted suflicient-ly'to clear said projece tion. In order to limit the movement of the :ar 34 toward the left in Figs. 3 and 4, said bar provided with a stop pin or projection 39 which is adapted" and arranged to abut against the top ofv the rail'3 1- when the bar 34 reaches substantially the position shown in Fig. 4. The bar 34 is thus retained in position to act as a, slideway on which the magazine section B may ride during its removal or insertion. The movement of the bar 34 in the opposite direction may be limited by the lower pivots 41 of the links, which pivots may be sufficiently long to underlie the bar 34 and to arrest descent of said bar when the latter reaches its innermost position, as shown in Fig. 3, the bar 34 being thus supported in proper position so that when shifted toward the left in Figure 3, it will rise and thereby lift the magazine section, as hereinbefore described. In placing a magazine section corresponding to the section B in the machine, it is inserted so that its rail 27 rests on the rail 29 and abuts against the shoulder 30 thereon,

and such magazine section rests on the top edge of the bar 34, and while this magazine section 18 so supported, it is pushed inwardly in an edgewise direction until its innermost bar 34 to swing from the position shown in Fig. 4 toward that shown in Fig. 3, thus lowering it into operative position, it being confined against lateral movement or dis placement in either direction by the abut ment surface 16? and lug or projection 32. From the foregoing, it will be evident that the lower section of the bottom sidemaga; zine can be quickly removed by merely pull ing outwardly on the handle 37 to release the magazine section from the confining lug or projection 32, after which the magazine section can be withdrawn by hand by sliding it along the rails 29 and 34,. andinsertion of this magazine section can be accomplished by merely placing it on the rail 29 and bar 34 and then pushing it inwardly until it comes to a stop against the abutment surface 16? Y I claim as my invention 1. In a typographical machine, the combination of amagazine, a magazine supporting fran'ie including a. device for positioning the lnagazinc'laterally thereon, and means carried by said frame and operative directly upon the magazine to lift and thereby release it from said device to permit lateral removal of the magazine.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine, a. magazine supporting frame including an abutment for positioning the magazine laterally thereon. and means operative to directlyengage and lift the magazine and thereby release it from said device and to support the magazine to shift laterally thereon over said abutment.

In a typographical machine, the combination of means for supporting a magazine in operative position, and a member guided to move upwardly and laterally to lift the magazine-and to remove it laterally from operative position.

4. In a typographical machine, rails for supporting a magazine for removal in a direction laterally of the machine. and an abutment for retaining the magazine in operative position, one of said rails being movable n a d rection to release the magazine fill from said abutment and also movable in a direction to remove the magazine laterally from operative position. j

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of rails extending laterally on the frame thereof for supporting a magazine in operative position and for lateral removal therefrom, an abutment for retaining the magazine in operative position, and a rail movable beneath the magazine in an arcuate path and operative to lift the magazine and thereby release it from said abutment and to carry the magazine laterally out of operative position.

6. In a typographical. machine, the com bination of means for supporting a magazine in operative position and for removal by a movement laterally thereof, an abutment for retaining the magazine in operative position, and a member movable upwardly and laterally beneath the magazine and operative during its upward movement to lift and thereby release the magazine from said abutment and having a projection thereon to engage a side edge ofthe magazine during the lateral movement of said member and thereby removethe magazine laterally from operative position.

7 In a typographical machine, the combination of a rail extending laterally on the fame and having a shouldered rail to sup port a downwardly and forwardly inclined magazine and to guide it for lateral removal. an abutment behind which the magazine rests and by which it is retained in operative position, and a member movable ina direction to lift the magazine clear of said abutment and into a position to support the respective portion of the magazine for lateral movement thereon.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of magazine supporting means including abutments between which the magazinc is confined in operative position, and a member mounted to move upwardly and laterally beneath. the magazine and operative to lift the latter clear of one of said abutments and to remove the magazine laterally from operative position.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination of magazine supporting mean-s including a rail extending transversely of the frame of the machine for supporting the magazine for movement laterally ;thereof and abutments for locating the magazine.

in operative position and a link-supported bar beneath the magazine movable upwardly to lift the magazine clear of one of said abutments and movable laterally to carry the magazine laterally out of operative position. a v

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for supporting a magazine for lateral removal and embodying a stop for retaining the magazine in operative position, and a member having an operatingportion arranged at'a side of the machine, said member being mounted to move upwardly and laterally and operative to lift the magazine clear of said stop and to carry it vlaterally above it. 7 j 11. In a typographlcal machine, the combinatlon of magazine supporting means 111- cluding abutments for positioning a magazine laterally between them, and a member,

-on to engage a side of the magazine and to shift the latter laterally in uni-son with the lateral movement of said .member.-

12. In a typographical machine, the combination of magazine supporting means embodying an abutment for arresting the movement of the magazine into operative position and an upwardly projecting stop for retaining the magazine in operativeposition, and a member mounted to swing in an arcuate path and having an upwardly extending projection thereon in proximity to said abutment, said member being operative, when swung in one direction, to lift the magazine and shift it laterally above said stop and the projection on said member being in the path of a magazine moving into operative position and engageable thereby to restore said member to its normal initial position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set m hand.

y SAMUEL E. SPERRY. 

